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**dabibibff** · 09-09-2006, 04:35 AM

Mine was Call Me - Blondie. I love that song.

This sucks! Everyone else at LEAST has songs that are still familiar.

I had to Google George McRae just to find out who the hell he was.

Ah well, could have been worse...woe betide the fellow born on the day of "Y.M.C.A."

**Petrushkaukrop** · 09-09-2006, 05:08 AM

U.S.A. -- Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips

U.K. -- Eye Level by (???) The Simon Park Orchestra

**IdomeoreTew** · 09-09-2006, 05:20 AM

Rock On - Michael Damian

I have no idea who he is...

**Qutlsilh** · 09-09-2006, 05:28 AM

UK - What's another year , Jonny Logan (who?)

US - Call me , Blondie (thats more like it!)

**Dilangfh** · 09-09-2006, 05:32 AM

Rock On - Michael Damian

I have no idea who he is...

Trust me when I tell you that you aren't missing much

**yahyynzer** · 09-09-2006, 05:59 AM

U.S.A. -- Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips

Nice. Gotta love the late 60s/early 70s R&B and Soul.

**outfinofulpv** · 09-09-2006, 09:52 AM

All I remember is C.C.R was reviving every song that I didn't know exist. After I got old, I started to like Abba ( can't type b backwards here ). Mama Mia on Broadway brought me a lot of memories..

Oh then Michael Jackson, my baby was dancing to all those tumes..Billy Jean was really good. We've danced to Foot Loose before we had babies..

Who started this thread?

**Infellgedq** · 09-09-2006, 10:37 AM

Like a Virgin (Madonna) - (US)
Do They Know it's Christmas - (UK)

Never heard of the UK song though...

**GentlieGant** · 09-09-2006, 10:53 AM

Rock On - Michael Damian

I have no idea who he is...

Originally done by David Essex.

Gee, most of the songs you're mentioning in your posts were songs that I heard well into my Navy career. With the exception of a few, they are all "new songs" to me. Going to the link Kenzan gave tells me that there were no Number 1 songs on the day I was born. I was born too early for Top 40!

And yes, hundreds of years old.....can you imagine my waza at this point in my life? There! Want to see it again? What, you missed it again????

**auctionlover** · 09-09-2006, 11:24 AM

UK:The Only Way Is Up - Yazz & Plastic Population (who?)

US: Roll With It - Steve Winwood (i suppose it's ok)

Life's Theme Song (mind you, this was less than a month ago):

UK: Hips Don't Lie - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean (it's at least catchy)

US: London Bridge - Fergie (OH GOD WHY?!?!?!

)

**vypusknye** · 09-09-2006, 11:42 AM

"Do They Know It's Christmas" was the first of the celebrity group sing-a-long charity fundraiser songs, raising money for the African famine as I recall. The song was hyooge in the UK and well-known in Canada. Probably ignored in the US who did their own version called "We Are The World".

I had to look to wiki for Yazz, had her mixed up with Yaz(oo). I'm familiar with the latter, but Yazz never charted in North America.

**nikolapegayyyaasss** · 09-09-2006, 12:21 PM

Straight Up - Paula Abdu (U.S.)
Belfast Child - Simple Minds (U.K.)

**mylittlejewelaa** · 09-09-2006, 12:40 PM

U.S.: The First Time Ever I Saw your Face - Roberta Flack *bleah*
U.K.: Amazing Grace - The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragon Guards *WTF?!*

Life's theme song(s):

U.S.: Vouge - Madonna *dear god, no...*
U.K.: Killer - Adamski *shrugs*

**Gastonleruanich** · 09-09-2006, 04:31 PM

Teletubbies Say 'Eh-Oh' - Teletubbies ... Life song UK

Ugh, looks like it's suicide again for me.

**caseferter** · 09-09-2006, 08:38 PM

Top 10 songs from. . . . . . . . . . . .1950
1. The Fat Man - Fats Domino
2. Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield
3. Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown
4. Mona Lisa - Nat "King" Cole
5. Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
6. Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams
7. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair
8. I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow
9. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
10. Double Crossing Blues - Johnny Otis (Little Esther & the Robins)

Most of them still play well. Several versions of #2 around including B.B. King and (best of all) Paul Butterfield Blues Band on the album "Better Days"

There are young Reggae bands on Roatan Island in Honduras that do #6 and 8 in Reggae style. I'm not kidding. Lots of folks in my generation worked on banana boats and held over in Shreeveport, LA and picked up C&W and their kids turned it into reggae.

Muddy Waters is still touring.

The Johnny Otis Revue with the Three Tons of Joy (his three backup singers) were awesome. His son, Shugie Otis played with Jefferson Starship.

This old stuff has legs.

**tLO0hFNy** · 09-09-2006, 08:56 PM

Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean (it's at least catchy)

So is HIV.

Compared to the list that Iggy put up, the kids born in this day and age will have a whole list of crappy #1s to sort through. Imagine being born in a time when nobody makes their own music anymore.

**ufUUZCnc** · 09-09-2006, 09:41 PM

Life Theme Song:

(US)Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion (Kill me now...)
(UK)Firestarter - The Prodigy (God Bless the United Kingdom!!!)

Imagine being born in a time when nobody makes their own music anymore.

Are we talking about Puff Daddy

...no...Poof Daddy...er...Pee Diddy...Peni...P whatever...yeah, are we talking about this geezer then?

**zoolissentesy** · 09-09-2006, 10:10 PM

are we talking about this geezer then?

I'm talking about everyone pretty much. As long as you have a cool video, it's doesn't matter how much you suck. Jessica Simpson has made a career out of [poorly] singing other people's songs. MTV has to be one of, if not the worst thing to happen to music. Oh and when I thought MTV couldn't get any worse, I saw MTV Japan. That alone is reason enough to jab a pencil in your ear.
However Indian MTVwas actually quite entertaining. Much like their movies I had no idea what was going on but was strangly fascinated.

**voodoosdv** · 09-09-2006, 10:16 PM

Probably ignored in the US who did their own version called "We Are The World".

No, we heard that crappy song too.
Anyone see that Simpsons episode where Bart fakes getting stuck in well and the celebrities on the show do a "We are the World" type benefit song? A week later it is replaced on the charts by "'I do believe we are naked' by Funky-See Funky-Do". Ah, I love that show.

**vioppyskype** · 09-09-2006, 10:20 PM

I'm talking about everyone pretty much. As long as you have a cool video, it's doesn't matter how much you suck. Jessica Simpson has made a career out of [poorly] singing other people's songs. MTV has to be one of, if not the worst thing to happen to music. Oh and when I thought MTV couldn't get any worse, I saw MTV Japan. That alone is reason enough to jab a pencil in your ear.
However Indian MTVwas actually quite entertaining. Much like their movies I had no idea what was going on but was strangly fascinated.

Hahahaha...sounds like the story of Anakin Skywalker..."our greatest hope". Ah, irony.

09-09-2006, 04:35 AM	#21
dabibibff Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 342 Senior Member	Mine was Call Me - Blondie. I love that song. This sucks! Everyone else at LEAST has songs that are still familiar. I had to Google George McRae just to find out who the hell he was. Ah well, could have been worse...woe betide the fellow born on the day of "Y.M.C.A." Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 05:08 AM	#22
Petrushkaukrop Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 584 Senior Member	U.S.A. -- Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips U.K. -- Eye Level by (???) The Simon Park Orchestra Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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IdomeoreTew Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 562 Senior Member	Rock On - Michael Damian I have no idea who he is... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 05:28 AM	#24
Qutlsilh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 485 Senior Member	UK - What's another year , Jonny Logan (who?) US - Call me , Blondie (thats more like it!) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Dilangfh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	Rock On - Michael Damian I have no idea who he is... Trust me when I tell you that you aren't missing much Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 05:59 AM	#26
yahyynzer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 521 Senior Member	U.S.A. -- Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips Nice. Gotta love the late 60s/early 70s R&B and Soul. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 09:52 AM	#27
outfinofulpv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 398 Senior Member	All I remember is C.C.R was reviving every song that I didn't know exist. After I got old, I started to like Abba ( can't type b backwards here ). Mama Mia on Broadway brought me a lot of memories.. Oh then Michael Jackson, my baby was dancing to all those tumes..Billy Jean was really good. We've danced to Foot Loose before we had babies.. Who started this thread? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 10:37 AM	#28
Infellgedq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	Like a Virgin (Madonna) - (US) Do They Know it's Christmas - (UK) Never heard of the UK song though... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 10:53 AM	#29
GentlieGant Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 400 Senior Member	Rock On - Michael Damian I have no idea who he is... Originally done by David Essex. Gee, most of the songs you're mentioning in your posts were songs that I heard well into my Navy career. With the exception of a few, they are all "new songs" to me. Going to the link Kenzan gave tells me that there were no Number 1 songs on the day I was born. I was born too early for Top 40! And yes, hundreds of years old.....can you imagine my waza at this point in my life? There! Want to see it again? What, you missed it again???? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 11:24 AM	#30
auctionlover Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 377 Senior Member	UK:The Only Way Is Up - Yazz & Plastic Population (who?) US: Roll With It - Steve Winwood (i suppose it's ok) Life's Theme Song (mind you, this was less than a month ago): UK: Hips Don't Lie - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean (it's at least catchy) US: London Bridge - Fergie (OH GOD WHY?!?!?! ) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 11:42 AM	#31
vypusknye Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 395 Senior Member	"Do They Know It's Christmas" was the first of the celebrity group sing-a-long charity fundraiser songs, raising money for the African famine as I recall. The song was hyooge in the UK and well-known in Canada. Probably ignored in the US who did their own version called "We Are The World". I had to look to wiki for Yazz, had her mixed up with Yaz(oo). I'm familiar with the latter, but Yazz never charted in North America. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 12:21 PM	#32
nikolapegayyyaasss Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	Straight Up - Paula Abdu (U.S.) Belfast Child - Simple Minds (U.K.) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 12:40 PM	#33
mylittlejewelaa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 605 Senior Member	U.S.: The First Time Ever I Saw your Face - Roberta Flack bleah U.K.: Amazing Grace - The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragon Guards WTF?! Life's theme song(s): U.S.: Vouge - Madonna dear god, no... U.K.: Killer - Adamski shrugs Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 04:31 PM	#34
Gastonleruanich Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 592 Senior Member	Teletubbies Say 'Eh-Oh' - Teletubbies ... Life song UK Ugh, looks like it's suicide again for me. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 08:38 PM	#35
caseferter Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 415 Senior Member	Top 10 songs from. . . . . . . . . . . .1950 1. The Fat Man - Fats Domino 2. Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield 3. Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown 4. Mona Lisa - Nat "King" Cole 5. Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page 6. Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams 7. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair 8. I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow 9. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters 10. Double Crossing Blues - Johnny Otis (Little Esther & the Robins) Most of them still play well. Several versions of #2 around including B.B. King and (best of all) Paul Butterfield Blues Band on the album "Better Days" There are young Reggae bands on Roatan Island in Honduras that do #6 and 8 in Reggae style. I'm not kidding. Lots of folks in my generation worked on banana boats and held over in Shreeveport, LA and picked up C&W and their kids turned it into reggae. Muddy Waters is still touring. The Johnny Otis Revue with the Three Tons of Joy (his three backup singers) were awesome. His son, Shugie Otis played with Jefferson Starship. This old stuff has legs. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 08:56 PM	#36
tLO0hFNy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean (it's at least catchy) So is HIV. Compared to the list that Iggy put up, the kids born in this day and age will have a whole list of crappy #1s to sort through. Imagine being born in a time when nobody makes their own music anymore. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 09:41 PM	#37
ufUUZCnc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 528 Senior Member	Life Theme Song: (US)Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion (Kill me now...) (UK)Firestarter - The Prodigy (God Bless the United Kingdom!!!) Imagine being born in a time when nobody makes their own music anymore. Are we talking about Puff Daddy ...no...Poof Daddy...er...Pee Diddy...Peni...P whatever...yeah, are we talking about this geezer then? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 10:10 PM	#38
zoolissentesy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 484 Senior Member	are we talking about this geezer then? I'm talking about everyone pretty much. As long as you have a cool video, it's doesn't matter how much you suck. Jessica Simpson has made a career out of [poorly] singing other people's songs. MTV has to be one of, if not the worst thing to happen to music. Oh and when I thought MTV couldn't get any worse, I saw MTV Japan. That alone is reason enough to jab a pencil in your ear. However Indian MTVwas actually quite entertaining. Much like their movies I had no idea what was going on but was strangly fascinated. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 10:16 PM	#39
voodoosdv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	Probably ignored in the US who did their own version called "We Are The World". No, we heard that crappy song too. Anyone see that Simpsons episode where Bart fakes getting stuck in well and the celebrities on the show do a "We are the World" type benefit song? A week later it is replaced on the charts by "'I do believe we are naked' by Funky-See Funky-Do". Ah, I love that show. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-09-2006, 10:20 PM	#40
vioppyskype Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	I'm talking about everyone pretty much. As long as you have a cool video, it's doesn't matter how much you suck. Jessica Simpson has made a career out of [poorly] singing other people's songs. MTV has to be one of, if not the worst thing to happen to music. Oh and when I thought MTV couldn't get any worse, I saw MTV Japan. That alone is reason enough to jab a pencil in your ear. However Indian MTVwas actually quite entertaining. Much like their movies I had no idea what was going on but was strangly fascinated. Hahahaha...sounds like the story of Anakin Skywalker..."our greatest hope". Ah, irony. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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